README

merb_static
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WARNING: EXPERIMENTAL. Some features are missing or partially implemented. This is being use on small single-page sites but hasn't yet been tested with complex sites.
A plugin for the Merb framework that generates static HTML (and other) files from a dynamic Merb application.
Provides functionality similar to static-site building tools like Webby, but you can use all the plugins, helpers, and databases available to Merb.
For example, I use Mac OS X to generate screenshots for a news-reading application, but deploy to a Linux box hosted at RailsMachine. I can use merb_static to generate the HTML locally and deploy the static files and images to the server.
http://peepcode.com/system/screens/
Usage
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In config/dependencies.rb:
dependency "merb_static"
Add other configuration information to your Merb configuration.
Merb::Plugins.config[:merb_static] = {
:urls => ["/"],
:domain => "http://peepcode.com",
:remote => {
:domain => "peepcode.com",
:username => "deploy",
:passphrase => "my ssh key passphrase",
:path => "/full/path/to/deploy/this/app/to"
}
}
Generate the static site:
rake merb_static:build
Start over:
rake merb_static:clean
Build and deploy to a remote server:
rake merb_static:sync
You may want to run your own app's tasks first by creating a custom Rake task:
task :my_sync => [:my_build_task, "merb_static:sync"]
TODO
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* Documentation
* Configuration options
* Spidering of all urls on a site
* Recommendations for writing sites that will be archived
* Synchronization task
* Tips: Use Merb::Config[:path_prefix] to generate URLs at a path